2009 Entrepreneurship Immersion Program
 (updated April 25, 2009)
Note: England/Ireland is 6 hours ahead of Central Standard time.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR PARTICIPANTS:  Make sure you bring your passport, ATM card, and student ID. Once you receive your airline ticket you are responsible for keeping it safe.  Remember to pack light (you may end up carrying your bags a long way).  Bring a small carry-on bag (e.g. school back pack).  Check luggage rules HERE   Carry a copy of this schedule with you at all times.  Make sure you read TIPS Remember, you need to be very flexible on this program.  There will be experiences significantly different - behavior, foods, people, language, customs, etc. - than you are accustomed to at home.  
PACK LIGHT 30-40 POUNDS MAX; BRING ALARM CLOCK; KEEP YOUR VALUABLES (PASSPORT, CREDIT CARDS, ATM CARD, MONEY) SAFE.
For information about the weather and metric system click on link!  ;  More information on Europe and the EU?  Go here  ;   Get the latest exchange rate information.
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How will you be graded? Click here;    Plus, everyone should plan to do this assignment during the time they are in Europe.

EMERGENCY ONLY PHONE NUMBER for DR. STAPLETON; 618 201 2468 (from U.S.)  +1 618 2012468 from Europe.

Date (All Times Based on a 24 Hour Clock) Overnight Stay
Monday,
May 25, 2009
15:00  Meet at Departures Level, Main Terminal, St Louis Airport. 
(need a ride from Cape? - contact Dr Stapleton before May 8)
16:50  Depart St Louis    AA863      18:05  Arr. Chicago (ORD)
19:15  Depart Chicago    AA92                                   
Rooming List
Tuesday,
May 26, 2009
08:35  Arrive Dublin          Clear Immigration and Customs, city bus to hotel
10:30  (Estimated)   Leave bags at hotel, short walking tour, Welcome at Dublin Institute of Technology;  Return to hotel in mid-afternoon to check into rooms
See Trinity College, Book of Kells, the Spire, ChristChurch, St Patrick's Cathedral.
Dublin City Center Map  Travel info here
Fleet Street Hotel, Temple Bar (3 nights)
19-20 Fleet Street
Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Tel: +353 (0)1 6708124
Fax: +353 (0)1 6708104
Wednesday,
May 27, 2009
DIT Program  (contact professor:  Roger Sherlock; Roger.Sherlock@dit.ie)  
Thursday,
May 28, 2009
DIT Program  
Friday,
May 29, 2009
08:30  Depart Hotel;
13:10  Depart Dublin - Aer Lingus EI240          14:30  Arr.  London Gatwick (LGW)
15:50  National Express Coach - SHQ25         17:20  Arr.  London Victoria Coach Station
Walk to Victoria tube station (15 min.).  Tube from Victoria to Paddington 
18:00  Estimated - hotel check-in
Orientation to tube system; 
2 hour walking tour around London, weather permitting;  Kensington Gardens (See Kensington Palace) and Hyde Park to Green Park, thru Imperial College to  Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History Museum and  Science Museums, to Brompton Oratory, to Harrods at Knightsbridge
LondonEngland (3 Nights)
Castleton Hotel, London W2 1UD
Tel : 011 44 20 7706 4666
Fax: 011 44 20 7706 2288
Tube: Paddington on Circle, District (make sure you get on the correct train), or Hammersmith and City Line or
Lancaster Gate on Central line
Saturday,
May 30, 2009
0800 Breakfast (included)  Suggested sightseeing
Consider starting the day at Portabello Road - huge antique and flea market (remember the movie; Nottinghill Gate?) Other shopping: Oxford Street; Camden Town Market; St Paul's Cathedral ; Tate Modern Gallery (closes 1800); Globe Theatre (Shakespeare Museum);    Imperial War Museum, Westminster Cathedral; British Museum (open 10-1700)  Tower of London  Tower Bridge,  HMS Belfast, Greenwich; Abbey Rd. (St John's Wood tube station), the London Eye.
Want to see a play London Theatre: Check the Half Price Booth (in Leicester Square) or various discount brokers around Leicester Square tube station, for tickets for  shows
 
Sunday,
May 31, 2009
0800 Breakfast  (included)  Suggested sightseeing
Westminster Abbey ; Big Ben& Houses of Parliament; 11:00 Changing of Guard @ Buckingham Palace; see Cafe-in-the-Crypt basement of  St. Martin- In The- Fields Church , National Gallery and National Portrait Museum (all at Trafalgar Square), walk along Whitehall, past 10 Downing Street (PM's residence), Horse Guards and Cabinet War Rooms;;
 
Monday,
June 1, 2009
07:00 Breakfast (included)
07:15 Depart Hotel;  Tube from Paddington to Victoria;  walk to coach station (15 min.)
08:30 Dep. National Express coach from London Victoria Coach Station
10:55 Arr.  Coventry Pool Meadow Bus Station, Priory Street (Travel tips; here)
Walk to hotel, drop bags.       12:00 Meet at Coventry University; afternoon sightseeing program.
Britannia Coventry Hotel (3 Nights)
Fairfax Street, Coventry CV1 5RP
Tel: 0871 222 0095 |
Fax: 0871 222 7709
Tuesday,
June 2, 2009
07:00 Breakfast (included)
Coventry University Program  (contact professor; Bill Brooke; bsx227@coventry.ac.uk)
 
Wednesday,
June 3, 2009
07:00 Breakfast (included)
Coventry University Program
 
Thursday,
June 4, 2009
07:00 Breakfast (included)
08:00 Depart Hotel.  Walk to Coventry Pool Meadow Bus Station, Priory Street
08:30 Depart Coventry  National Express Coach  10:30  Arr. London Heathrow Central Coach Station (LHR)
12:50 Depart LHR     AA47                                15:25  Arr. Chicago (ORD) 
17:55 Depart ORD    AA1235                             19:10  Arr. St Louis
 
     

*Please Note:  Schedule is subject to change.  
For further information or inquires, please contact:   
     Dr. Peter Gordon                                     Dr. James Stapleton   
                                                                                              Dempster Hall 246 B                                Dempster Hall 262
                                                                                                              Southeast Missouri State University
                                                                                                              Cape Girardeau   MO   63701
                                                                                              Tel:  (573) 651 - 2914                                Tel: (573) 651 - 2010
            
                                                                                              Fax: (573) 651 - 5032                                Fax: (573) 651 2992

                                                                                    e-mail: 
pgordon@semo.edu                                     jstapleton@semo.edu                                

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